WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.279 Is Michael Garfi. Michael Garfield. Michael Garfield's joining in the 2 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:12.679 high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield is here with a high 3 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:17.079 Tech Texans. It have to make life easier new technology, 4 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:19.320 and Michael Garfield has something you might like. 5 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans. Three decades helping 6 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:37.280 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the 7 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:46.759 iHeartRadio add Now You're high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield, m. 8 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:52.479 Here we go. I have to start this episode of 9 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.399 the High Tech Texan show with a question, and it's 10 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:00.159 it's it's a serious question. And I usually jump on 11 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.319 the bandwagon when it comes to fun things and cool things, 12 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:06.879 whether I want to, whether I'm researching it, whether my 13 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.719 kids tell me to. But here's the question. Am I 14 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:14.840 the only person who has yet to create one of 15 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:19.599 those chat GPT action figure dolls of myself? Because I 16 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.200 really think I am. If I open up my social 17 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:28.879 media one more time and I see some action figure 18 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:35.200 the picture of this person in shorts or and they're 19 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:40.480 all squatty bodied and they're holding some crazy stuff, It's like, Okay, 20 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:45.400 we get it. It's cute. I haven't done it because 21 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.519 Number one, I really don't want to. In number two, 22 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.280 I just don't know what information is still going to 23 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.560 be potentially taken from me. I don't know. Maybe that's 24 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:57.799 why I still have a downloaded TikTok. I don't know. 25 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.439 So if I am the only person who's in information 26 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.560 on the Internet is not hacked, that may be why. 27 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.120 But congratulations to all you people who just think it's 28 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:08.319 funny of making an action figure dull of yourself all 29 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:11.599 you want to be. Barbie's out there. My goodness that 30 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:15.800 it's a fad. By the time when we do the 31 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:20.400 show next week, it'll be forgotten and come tune or something. 32 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:23.319 There'll be something else out there. But it's people. Just 33 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:25.879 there's other things. There's a lot of other things to 34 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.719 worry about in life, which is what I talk about 35 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:31.960 here for two hours on the very long running High 36 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.319 Tech Texan show. Michael is the name. There are a 37 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:36.919 lot of Michael's in radio, but I am the original 38 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:39.439 Michael Tom, the original Michael. Call me Tom, and actually 39 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.759 you can call me GARF GRF for four letters of 40 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.520 my last name, which is Garfield. In an interactive radio show, 41 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.919 should callum, pick up the phone and put some collars through. 42 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.039 I am here for you at three four six, twenty 43 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:58.240 nine Texan Interactive. Also because shockingly, I do have social media, 44 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:01.639 which you can find me at my hand most everything 45 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:05.199 except TikTok really at high Tech Text and you spell 46 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:06.759 the whole thing out. If you're too shy to call, 47 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:08.879 that's fine. I'm not gonna bite. I'm the nice guy. 48 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:11.639 But I will answer your questions and you can hop 49 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.400 in on some of the interesting and crazy thoughts that 50 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:16.840 I have. I am going to ask give me a 51 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:20.919 few minutes because I need some suggestions from my big 52 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.639 listening audience at High Tech Text and spell the whole 53 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:26.560 thing out. But for my listening audience not only in 54 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:31.639 Houston on KPRC nine fifty am, San Antonio, how are you, 55 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.520 my dear listeners, News Radio twelve hundred wai' spen a 56 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:37.919 few days in San Antonio at the Final four not 57 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.159 long ago, and then up in Dallas, my hometown where 58 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:44.039 my parents may be listening right now on Talk Radio 59 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.240 eleven ninety. Also, you can listen to me on the 60 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:50.719 iHeartRadio app. We do thank you for downloading that. That 61 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:55.639 app was not around when I started this show twenty four, 62 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.280 twenty three, twenty four years ago. No, it was just 63 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.639 it was just radio people. Now we're finding a lot 64 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:03.319 of people who are listening to the repeat of my show, 65 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:07.400 which is called the Podcast. You can listen plausibly live 66 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:12.199 on iHeartRadio dot Com download the iHeartRadio app. The only 67 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:16.839 one of the only places that I believe you cannot 68 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:22.279 hear iHeartRadio in the world, because I like to say 69 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:26.560 this is a worldwide radio show. And for as long 70 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.240 as I've been saying that, I've been saying that there's 71 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:36.399 one country who I believe does not allow iHeartRadio into 72 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:40.480 its borders because it blocks a lot of things breaking news. 73 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:43.360 For the first time in my life, when I hang 74 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:47.120 up this microphone this weekend, I am traveling there. I 75 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:51.639 will report back to see if iHeartRadio is allowed in 76 00:04:51.720 --> 00:05:01.480 the country of China. Boom uh oh yep, Big Daddy 77 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.639 garf rowing to China. Is this a good time to 78 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:10.000 go to China? And that's a serious question, because what's 79 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.879 going on with our government. I don't think China, I 80 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:15.319 don't think a lot of countries are all too too 81 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:21.199 happy with our government. I'm actually worried that I may 82 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:24.399 be I may be tariffed when I come back to 83 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:28.160 the United States that I can't even afford it. I 84 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:33.040 am going on a fact finding journalist business mission trip 85 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.680 six days in China, will be gone all next week, 86 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.639 and I need I'd like your advice three four six 87 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:41.560 twenty nine text in as matter of fact, if you 88 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:46.240 just want to go on the x Twitter, go on What'sapp, 89 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:51.000 well you can find me What's app. Go on my 90 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:56.240 Facebook and let me know what to do in China. 91 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:58.959 Any tips that I should know. But you better hurry 92 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.199 up because from what I underst man, I may not 93 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.439 even be able to communicate once I cross the border 94 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.240 into China. I have been told. And we'll talk about 95 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:10.240 this here too after the break. I need to get 96 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.079 a VPN, I need to get an e SIM card 97 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.199 or another SIM card. I potentially need to get a 98 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:24.519 burner phone. What is it, man? I mean? The funny 99 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.519 thing is a lot of the products that I'm taking 100 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:34.319 over there, phones, sim cards, laptops, tablets, they're freaking made 101 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:41.639 in China, and I think they're incredibly cheap. I'm excited, 102 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.680 I am a bit nervous. I'm not I have traveled 103 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:48.959 the world. I love traveling, Don't get me wrong. Listen, 104 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.160 if you're a long time listening. I have done this 105 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:55.920 radio show from the beaches of Mexico. We have done 106 00:06:55.959 --> 00:07:00.480 it Hobbo. We have done it from can Whom. We've 107 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:02.639 done it from play Adela Carmen. We've done we worked 108 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.839 with that diet a number of different resorts. I have 109 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.040 been where else we've done the show from. I've been 110 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:09.920 to Iceland. Did I just do the show from Iceland. 111 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:12.800 I've been to Amsterdam. I know I've done it from London. 112 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:14.279 That was probably the coolest. 113 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:14.399 Man. 114 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:18.639 I actually did the show on the what's called the 115 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.639 London Well, it's it's called the London Eye, you know, 116 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:26.000 the big Ferris wheel, Merry go Round Observation Dak whatever 117 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.720 it is. I actually did go around and round and 118 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:31.279 I did my show from there years ago. Was at 119 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:32.800 two thousand and seven or two thousand and eight. That 120 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.319 was cool. I have been to Israel. I have been 121 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:39.959 to a number of different places. Dubai first time I'm 122 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:41.720 actually ever going to China. I did go to South 123 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:45.240 Korea two years ago. I met with the Samsung folks, 124 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:48.040 got to see their factory too. A lot of technology 125 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.399 is based uh in comes out of China, whether you 126 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:53.639 like it or not, want it or not, but I 127 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.959 am going to be doing some I met him. I 128 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.720 may do try to record my radio show from from 129 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:02.639 and see if they'll let me transmit out of there. 130 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:04.639 I am going to hopefully tape a few of my 131 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:07.959 TV segments I am on TV Fox seven and Austin. 132 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:11.240 If you're listening up there, Great day, Houston. I've already 133 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:14.720 checked with Ralph Garcia, my executive producer over there, and 134 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:17.920 he said, hey, man, shoot a few things from China. 135 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:21.240 I will talk about the tariffs. I know there's a 136 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:24.639 massive language barrier. However, I do have a few phones 137 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.600 that automatically use Google Translate that I may be able 138 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:31.399 to communicate. I will give you my thoughts on China. 139 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:34.159 But interesting, if you've ever been there, what do I 140 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:37.840 need to visit somebodace. I am specifically going, and I'll 141 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:40.799 end it with this. I'm going to shin Zen, which 142 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:45.720 is the south point, very south point of China, just 143 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.799 above Hong Kong. And it's cool because I'm flying into 144 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.519 Hong Kong. I believe it's a law you cannot fly 145 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:55.480 directly from the US directly into China. You have to 146 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:59.919 stop at another country, Hong Kong, which is without getting 147 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.639 into politics, it's we're just gonna call it. It's on 148 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:05.759 the southern tip of China and shinz In is only 149 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:07.799 like a thirty minute drive and then I'm driving across 150 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:10.320 the border. So anyway, hey, folks, I just hope I 151 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.600 come back that that that that that's all. That's all 152 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.480 I'm saying three four six twenty nine text And when 153 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:17.679 we come back, I am going to talk about international travel. 154 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:20.360 This is the season where people are traveling more. I'm 155 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.399 seeing some airlines, you know, kind of cut a few rates. 156 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.360 H Do you want to do you want to what 157 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:28.480 do you travel with? Do you travel with meds? Do 158 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:32.559 you travel with pillows? Do you travel with earphones, headphones, laptops. 159 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:34.679 I'm going to tell you some must have to travel 160 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:37.120 and I would love hearing from you. Also got some 161 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.679 emails earlier this week, garf what what are some of 162 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:42.080 the really good places to sell some electronics. I'm getting 163 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:44.399 some new electronics. I need to sell them. I don't 164 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:48.519 want to throw them away. Also an absolute classic, for 165 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:53.279 the first time I had a scam on voicemail. Never 166 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:56.279 happened before I recorded it. I'm gonna play it and 167 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.240 I doubt I'll get in trouble. I don't know, unless 168 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:00.279 I don't know on podcast, unless we have to pay 169 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:02.759 royalties for this thing. It was the craziest thing. I'll 170 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:05.799 play that sometimes this first hour it is Michael Garfield, 171 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.320 logdy radio host. Here the high tech text in the 172 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:10.240 show Happy Weekend, and I do appreciate you. 173 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:11.240 Two years. 174 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.360 Travel time coming up with just the season as we 175 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.000 get the springtime. Anybody escaping the eat of Texas over 176 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:38.840 the next three four five months, either domestically or internationally. 177 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.039 This is some of the things that I'm going to 178 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:42.679 talk about in the high tech text and show. Really 179 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:46.879 it's give you some jet suggestions of where to go, Yes, 180 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:51.480 I do travel too, how to get there? Airlines? Anybody 181 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:55.080 got some good deals? Which airlines are maybe a little cooler, 182 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:58.960 easier to navigate than the others, Which has better faster 183 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.919 Wi Fi? And we talk about that or take your suggestions, 184 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.320 and really what do you pack? You know on these 185 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:10.919 long haul flights, there are battery there's electric electricity outlets 186 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:13.360 that you can plug a lot of your gear into. 187 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:16.440 You know, gone or the day is at least of 188 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:18.279 these long haul flights where you've got to take extra 189 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:21.440 batteries I still am. I talk about this because I 190 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:25.919 am getting ready to go very, very far west. I 191 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:29.879 am traveling this week so far west that I will 192 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.879 be in the far East, if that makes sense. I 193 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:39.440 am leaving from Houston, connecting in San Francisco, and then 194 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.960 I think it's a fourteen or fifteen hour freaking flight 195 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:46.679 to Hong Kong. Once I get to Hong Kong, hopefully 196 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.399 they're gonna let me across the border. When I drive 197 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:51.240 across to China, it's long, and they coming back. You 198 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:53.559 won't even You don't even want to know how I'm 199 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.360 coming back. I'm not even coming back east. I'm continuing 200 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:03.639 to go west through Katar. I literally am traveling around 201 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:08.240 the world next week. I mean literally, I am Jules 202 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:11.399 Verne on steroid. Anybody done that? It is gonna and 203 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:15.000 listen for this, adhd adhd. Guy. I have no clue 204 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.399 how I'm gonna sit still on this airplane and image people. 205 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:20.519 Any suggestions? Three four six, twenty nine texts And Michael 206 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:22.759 is the name. It is Michael Garfield. It's it's called 207 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:24.639 the High Tech Text. And shall we talk about whatever 208 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:27.360 the world I want to talk about or wherever in 209 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:31.919 the world that I am so doing research, and I'm 210 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:34.440 gonna give you some tips. Should you travel outside of 211 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.519 this country because I get these questions to Michael, Do 212 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:41.840 I need a do I need a new phone plan? 213 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:44.919 Can I if I have a big phone plan? If 214 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:46.919 I have a Verizon, if I have T Mobile, if 215 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:49.320 I have an A D and T. Should I light 216 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:53.080 up my international plan? Should I get a new simcard 217 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:55.679 here in the United States? Or should I get one 218 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:58.200 in the country I'm traveling to? These are all great questions. Heck, 219 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:00.600 should I get a burner phone? I just get another 220 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:04.120 whole phone. I'm gonna talk about that too. The last 221 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:06.840 time I last year I went to I did a 222 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:10.559 Berlin trip and I did London trip, and I got 223 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:15.720 an E SIM card. Most phones nowadays, well pretty much 224 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.120 all phones pretty much, they generally have a SIM card. 225 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:22.159 It's a physical card and there's a little apartment in 226 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.000 your phone. If you look at it that you have 227 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.000 to take this little tiny pen and it pops out. 228 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.679 If you ever do it, it's about the size of 229 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:33.039 your pinky fingernail. That is pretty much your phone number 230 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:35.879 wherever you take and pop that out and put it 231 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.639 into a new phone. That new phone will carry and 232 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:42.480 be your phone number as long as they're compatible. Well. 233 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:45.919 Now phones also, the newer phones have what's called electronic 234 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.840 sim cards. Even though it's not a physical card, some 235 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.720 phones have the opportunity to in. 236 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.399 What you do is you. 237 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:55.559 Download, you go to a service, and there's hundreds of 238 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:59.200 services where you could download a specific SIM for whatever 239 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.159 country you're flying to. And this is where you do 240 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:04.039 some research and I researched this, and I researched China, 241 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.080 and then you buy it based on how many gigabytes 242 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:10.360 of data you think you're gonna lose. Yes, there's opportunity 243 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:11.879 to download a little bit more if you want to 244 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.480 use voice calls. But generally these e SIM cards, the 245 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.799 best pound, you know, bang for the buck is going 246 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:22.159 to be data data data where you could download your email, 247 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:27.679 surf to a website and then you could utilize surfing 248 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.039 over using an app like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger. At that point, 249 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:35.480 you can use an internet phone or internet you know, video, 250 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:40.080 you know type of service. But newer phones, some of 251 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:42.159 them will let you download not one, but two different 252 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:45.159 e SIM cards. Whether you're traveling from country to country 253 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:48.120 or what have you. They're they're relatively easy to do. 254 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:52.120 I actually got one ERL I'm using it from. I'm 255 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.840 trying one from a company called A I R A 256 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.960 L O. I think I paid fifteen bucks and I'm 257 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:01.399 getting five gigs of data. By the way, little trick, 258 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.320 I was wondering what cause I can get five gigs 259 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:08.039 of data? And again I'm going for I will be 260 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.159 on the ground for like four and a half days. 261 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.919 How much data am I going to need or use? 262 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.639 Before I purchase a SIM card E sim card, you 263 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.240 can go into your phone and you can go into 264 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.919 your mobile network at in the settings and you could 265 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:27.279 see how much data you use on a weekly, monthly basis. 266 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:31.279 And that's what I did. Now, this is pure sell data. 267 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:33.720 This is not Wi Fi. I use a lot of 268 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:36.039 Wi Fi. You should be using a lot of Wi 269 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.120 Fi at your home, at your office, at your library, 270 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:40.399 at your grocery store, at your mall, wherever you are. 271 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:44.919 You may not use hardly in any data. So I 272 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:50.679 generally use five, six seven gigs of data in a 273 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:54.639 month because I utilize Wi Fi so much, because I'm 274 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:57.559 at home a lot. So I figured, well, it's five 275 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:59.080 gig going to be good for a week. It should it, 276 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.480 So it's the team Bucks whatever it is, and so 277 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:03.919 I will. I will let you know how the service 278 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:09.039 in China using aralow. That's number one, Michael Garfield. The 279 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.840 phone number here three four six twenty nine Texan two 280 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.480 nine t e x A N if you want to 281 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:19.240 get on this VPNs. I am told China is, and 282 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:21.360 I guess I should be careful because they may China 283 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:24.840 may be monitoring. Hello China, we love your baby. I'm 284 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:30.279 coming for you. Uh. China is a little different China does. 285 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:33.080 I'm not saying they don't like it, but I don't 286 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:37.279 think China lets a lot of Western culture, meaning the 287 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:43.440 US and whatever into the country of China. They have 288 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:44.879 a block on a lot of things. I don't think. 289 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.559 May be one of the only countries in the world 290 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:49.639 where you cannot get my iHeartRadio show. I will find 291 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:53.080 that out in person next week. To get around that. 292 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:57.360 There are VPNs virtual private networks, and one of the 293 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.279 first things I was told you need a VPN. I 294 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:05.319 have a few VPNs on my computer and I made 295 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:08.480 sure already to download a VPN for my tablet and 296 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:11.599 on my phone. Did you know you can get a 297 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:16.400 VPN for your phone. Yes, you can't. Many many companies 298 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.920 off your company, if you're a corporate. Here at iHeartMedia, 299 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:24.559 we have our own VPN. I went ahead and I 300 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:27.000 wanted to test one or two more, so I downloaded 301 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:29.279 a few more. One of which I'm testing is called 302 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:34.599 Express VPN. Express VPN I think it's about thirteen bones 303 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:36.359 a month. You can get an entire year for one 304 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:38.640 hundred bucks or whatever it is. Again, do you need 305 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.839 what It's great to have a VPN. It really is. 306 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:43.640 But if you travel to foreign countries, if you do 307 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.799 a lot of things that you know you don't want 308 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:49.200 anything you hope you don't want anything intercepted or hacked into, 309 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:53.200 you really should have a VPN. So I'm trying ExpressVPN. 310 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:55.400 Express VPN is nice because the at least the package 311 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:57.759 that I got, whatever I got, I can have up 312 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:00.599 to eight different devices utilize it. So paid for it 313 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.000 and I downloaded on my phone, on my tablet, on 314 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:06.359 my laptop, and I actually got a few phones, and 315 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.000 so I'm going to use that. What it does when 316 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:14.680 you're in another country, it connects through the Internet through 317 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.720 a different country. Yes, it'll it'll connect via cel, it'll 318 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:19.880 connect via Wi Fi. So again, let's just say I'm 319 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.799 in China and I'm in Why and I'm in a mall, 320 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:24.759 and let's just say they have free Wi Fi. I 321 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:28.279 don't know it general that Wi Fi is connected to 322 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:31.000 a Chinese server. Wait a minute. By using a VPN, 323 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:35.440 I'm tunneling, it's going to mask where I am. It's 324 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.000 going to trick this is legal though. It's going to 325 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:42.240 trick that localized server into thinking I'm in another country, 326 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:47.920 so I actually can have express VPN or my my art, 327 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:50.359 you know, media VPN. It's going to think I'm a 328 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:53.839 United States. So yes, I'm physically in China, but whenever 329 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.240 I connect online, it's going to think I am in 330 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:58.319 the United States, which is hopefully will allow me to 331 00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:00.799 get phone calls. Will's allow me to get email? Again? 332 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.920 I will, I'll let you know, give me a few 333 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.400 weeks when I come back, and I will totally give 334 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.400 you the play by play when we come back. Big 335 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:12.160 question go back to phones. Do I need a burner phone? 336 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:16.160 And I'm gonna give you this lead. If you're traveling international, 337 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:21.240 should you consider getting a burner phone? And if you're 338 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:23.519 listening to me out of the country, when you come 339 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:26.519 into the US, should you get a burner foote and 340 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.359 I'm gonna make a case why it may not be 341 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:32.200 a bad idea. At the bottom of the hour, Michael 342 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.920 Garfield's called the high Tech Tax and show I do 343 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:54.200 appreciate tuning in listening, kid. No, This coming week is 344 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:57.920 a National Coin Week. Anybody in the coins Are you 345 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:01.079 a newmismatist. I actually it's a real word. 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There 378 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:47.960 go in some go in some, coinage go in some 379 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:53.039 Quand qwan The master Of kwan talk about international travel 380 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:56.480 AS i make my way west west west west west 381 00:21:56.519 --> 00:22:00.119 around the world To Hong kong In. China business it's 382 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:03.960 a business. Trip. People if and we're talking about gear 383 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:08.000 to bring or what you need to download or be 384 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:12.000 careful of VPNs virtual private. Networks do you light up 385 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:15.480 your phone with an international? Plan can your phone actually 386 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.480 is certainly in the country Of. China can it receive? 387 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:20.960 Calls can it receive? Data do you need an E 388 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:24.519 sim card or should you get a burner? Phone should 389 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.400 you get a burner? 390 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.720 Phone? 391 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:29.880 Now does everybody understand what a burner phone. Is it's 392 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:34.519 a device that does not include pretty much everything all 393 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:38.160 your personal. Correspondence you, know there have been some increasing 394 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:42.720 reports that customs And border patrol that they are scanning 395 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:48.839 mobile devices and some that again, anecdotally they're turning people, 396 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:55.119 away they're confiscating phones on, whatever and that's not. Good 397 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:58.839 but even if you're not traveling a burner, PHONE i, 398 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:01.799 mean it could be pretty because it could cut down 399 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:06.160 on unsolicited calls and. Whatever and actually a next, BREAK 400 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:09.480 i gotta play you. THIS i Was i'm getting are 401 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:13.119